And of course, there are financial pressures as well. Too many students of color work too many hours to finance education, and this workload affects academic performance. The bottom line is that even though the data suggests that the faster growing populations of Blacks and Latinos will change the composition of our labor force, little has been done policywise to address this reality.
The Education Department may have another $790 million to distribute for student financial aid. Who will get the money? This new program appears to have been built with several layers of implicit bias. Why not spend some of the money ensuring that more high schools, especially inner-city high schools, can provide top-quality academic offerings? The administration that produced No Child Left Behind is at it again, widening the access gap.
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